Etymology

disguise

dis·guise
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Today it means: Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another. Full definition →

Middle English disgisen ← Old French desguiser ← Latin dis-
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  1. Latin · derived fromdis-
  2. Old French · derived fromdesguiser
  3. Middle English · inherited fromdisgisen
  4. English todaydisguise

From Middle English disgisen, disguisen, borrowed from Old French desguiser (modern French déguiser), itself derived from des- (“dis-”) (from Latin dis-) + guise (“guise”) (from a Germanic source).

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